Covid-19 Staying Connected
4/8/2020
Good Afternoon! Just checking in with all of you. We very happy to report that all of our residents remain healthy! Administration and staff are working extremely hard to follow all DOH guidelines on protecting themselves and the residents to keep this nasty virus out of our facility. We continue to monitor all residents daily for any possible symptoms that could result in the virus. We are continuing social distancing in the facility with the residents in the dining room and are providing more individualized activities for them. A change is always hard for our residents, but they are adjusting and understand how important it is for us to do whatever we need to, to protect them. ALL staff and home care agencies are being screened upon entering the building with a temp check and given proper protective equipment.
We have started doing Telemed appointments with Strong Geriatrics and several other physicians, which is exciting! This is allowing residents with anything going on to have contact with the doctor without going out or them traveling into the facility. Obviously preventing a little exposure as possible. If a resident does need emergency care and requires a hospital visit, we are following DOH guidelines on residents returning from any hospital stays. When a resident returns from the hospital they are staying quarantined to their room for 7 days in case of a possible exposure from the hospital. If they show any signs of symptoms in that time period then residents will be isolated even longer due to the risk of passing anything to other residents.
If you are dropping off any items to family members, please clearly label the items so we can get them to the correct resident.
Our wish over the next few weeks is to start connecting with families via computer or tablet because of the visitor restrictions. We feel that the residents still need to connect with their families and be able to see their faces. We are asking that if you have a Zoom account or have an apple phone and can FaceTime that you email Danielle (activities director). She would like to start collecting family and friends preferred way or connect and account information so that we can start communicating with you all. You can email her your information at d.pickett@morganestates.com.
We know this is an extremely trying time for you, not being able to visit with your loved ones, and we know how hard it is on them. The most important thing is keeping them healthy and we appreciate all of your support and cooperation during this time. We are sending lots of love to all of you and hoping you are all staying healthy and we can’t wait to see all of your faces visiting soon again!
Wishing you all a wonderful and happy Easter!
